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What is social research? What are some alternative sources of knowledge? What distinguishes social research from these alternatives?


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Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Deviations

Differences between values in a data set and a central point, typically the mean of the set.

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, which is the spread between the first and third quartiles of a dataset, effectively capturing the middle 50%.

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